βοάω
α-contract Verb;
Transliteration:
Principal Part:
βοάω
Structure:
βοά
(Stem)
+
ω
(Ending)
Sense
- to cry aloud, to shout, men ready to shout
- to sound, resound, roar, howl, it proclaims
- to call to one, call on
- to call for, shout out for
- to noise abroad
- to cry aloud or command in a loud voice
Conjugation
The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.
Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.
- καὶ ἐγένετο αὐτοῦ ἐξηγουμένου τῷ βασιλεῖ, ὡσ ἐζωπύρησεν υἱὸν τεθνηκότα, καὶ ἰδοὺ ἡ γυνή, ἧσ ἐζωπύρησε τὸν υἱὸν αὐτῆσ Ἑλισαιέ, βοῶσα πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα περὶ τοῦ οἴκου ἑαυτῆσ καὶ περὶ τῶν ἀγρῶν ἑαυτῆσ. καὶ εἶπε Γιεζί. κύριε βασιλεῦ, αὕτη ἡ γυνὴ καὶ οὖτοσ ὁ υἱὸσ αὐτῆσ, ὃν ἐζωπύρησεν Ἑλισαιέ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 8:5)
- ΚΑΙ ἐγένετο ὡσ ἐπαύσατο βοῶσα πρὸσ τὸν Θεὸν Ἰσραὴλ καὶ συνετέλεσε πάντα τὰ ρήματα ταῦτα, (Septuagint, Liber Iudith 10:1)
- λεπαστὴ μάλα συχνή, ἣν ἐκπιοῦσ1’ ἄκρατον Ἀγαθοῦ Δαίμονοσ περίστατον βοῶσα τὴν κώμην ποεῖ. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 11, book 11, chapter 70 5:3)
- τοῦ δὲ Κλωδίου φήσαντοσ Ἅβραν περιμένειν Πομπηϊάσ, αὐτὸ τοῦτο καλουμένην, καὶ τῇ φωνῇ γενομένου καταφανοῦσ, ἡ μὲν ἀκόλουθοσ εὐθὺσ ἀπεπήδησε κραυγῇ πρὸσ τὰ φῶτα καὶ τὸν ὄχλον, ἄνδρα πεφωρακέναι βοῶσα, τῶν δὲ γυναικῶν διαπτοηθεισῶν ἡ Αὐρηλία τὰ μὲν ὄργια τῆσ θεοῦ κατέπαυσε καὶ συνεκάλυψεν, αὐτὴ δὲ τὰσ θύρασ ἀποκλεῖσαι κελεύσασα περιῄει τὴν οἰκίαν ὑπὸ λαμπάδων, ζητοῦσα τὸν Κλώδιον. (Plutarch, Caesar, chapter 10 3:1)
- γίνεται δὲ σημεῖον αὐτῷ τε τῷ Πύρρῳ μέγα, τῶν γὰρ βοῶν τεθυμένων αἱ κεφαλαὶ κείμεναι χωρὶσ ἤδη τάσ τε γλώττασ ὤφθησαν προβάλλουσαι καὶ περιλιχμώμεναι τὸν ἑαυτῶν φόνον, ἔν τε τῇ πόλει τῶν Ἀργείων ἡ τοῦ Λυκείου προφῆτισ Ἀπόλλωνοσ ἐξέδραμε βοῶσα νεκρῶν ὁρᾶν καὶ φόνου κατάπλεω τὴν πόλιν, τὸν δ̓ ἀετὸν ἐπὶ τὸν ἀγῶνα χωροῦντα, εἶτα φροῦδον εἶναι. (Plutarch, chapter 31 3:1)
Synonyms
-
to cry aloud
-
to call to one
-
to call for
-
to noise abroad
-
to cry aloud or command in a loud voice
Derived
- ἀναβοάω (to shout aloud, utter a loud cry, a war-cry)
- διαβοάω (to shout out, proclaim, publish)
- ἐκβοάω (to call out, cry aloud)
- ἐμβοάω (to call upon, shout to)
- ἐπαναβοάω (to cry out)
- ἐπιβοάω (to call upon or to, cry out to, to utter or sing aloud over)
- καταβοάω (to cry down, cry out against, to bawl down)
- προβοάω (to shout before, cry aloud)
- προσβοάομαι (to call to oneself, call in)
- συμβοάω (to shout together with, to call on, at once)
- συναναβοάω (to cry out together)